The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-14
STOCK ITEMS.

Something can be done toward making
pigs profitable by breeding and selling
them young without fattening. The great
est expense Of keeping hogs is avoided il
they are sold young and before it becomes
necessary to fatten them.
An excellent mixture of hay for all
classes Of stock is one-third clover hay
with timothy and redtop, which 10 much
better than either one alone, as the mix
ture is more complete in food elements. 1t
should be fed with an allowance of ground
grain also.
II you want your horse to have good
carriage, good gait and the best develop
ment, shoe him while young, and keep him
well shod as long as you use him. 1t will
level mis- feet, prevent tenderness and en-
largement Of ankles, and enable him to
travel fearless and without danger over
rough roads.
A late Washington dispatch says: The
Secretary of the Interior has received q
communication from Governor Leslie, Of
Montana, relating to the disease known as
''glanders" existing among horses within
the Crow reservation. The Governor and
other officers urge that steps be taken at
once to stamp out the disease to protect
stock and human lives in adjoining States
and Territories.
More farmers fail from attempting too
much in stock-raising without sufficient
experience than from any other one cause.
They maintain altogether too many animals
of poor to medium quality. 1t Is better to
have one good COW than to have two or
three medium ones. The one animal will
leave the farmer chance to devote his
time and land to some more profitable
purpose, while the man over-stocked with
poor animals find that they absorb and eat
everything he grows.-Exchange.
After feed in the pastures begins to fail
until they are put upon regular winter feed
is always an important time with the sheep.
Many at this time let them run down con-
siderably under the impression that the
longer they can keep them without CON-
mencing to feed the cheaper they will be
able to winter. Yet little experience will
ordinarily convince them that this is not
the case. As long as the weather will per-
NIT it is usually advisable to allow the
sheep to run out, but this does not imply
that they will be able to secure all the feed
they ought to have, and while it may not be
necessary to feed as much as will usually
be needed during the winter, yet sufficient
should be supplied to keep them from rum
ming down.-Erehange.
To grow pigs from six weeks old and fit
them for market in less than seven months,
Prof. Stewart advises, in the Albany Cut
tirdtor, that they should be fed the first five
months with the special object of growing
their muscles and bones and producing a
frame on which good weight can be put
in the last two months. Rye, oats, wheat
bran and perhaps some low grade flour may
be fed, if the flour costs less, but shclled
corn should have no place in the ration for
feeding young pigs. When the frame is
grown, then corn meal is the best to put Oh
the fat. If the rye and oats are worth the
same price per weight, then grind in equal
weight together. When corn meal is fed
during the special fattening stage, it would
be better to mix an equal bulk of bran
with it.